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Ontario confirms 122 new COVID cases, 6 deaths today

The deaths include five individuals who were over 80 and one person between 40 and 60 years old
Erika Engel
Erika Engel
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Public Health Ontario has confirmed 122 new cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths today.

Of the six deaths confirmed today, one person was between 40 and 59 years old, and five people were over the age of 80. 

The province has now reported 2,809 COVID-related deaths in Ontario since March. 

Of the 122 new cases confirmed today, 59 people are between the ages of 20 and 39 and another 31 are between the ages of 40 and 59. 

According to a breakdown of cases provided by the province, 32 of today's cases were reported by Toronto Public Health, 27 by Peel Public Health, 17 by Ottawa Public Health, and 15 by York Region Public Health. 

Since March, the province has confirmed 41,935 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, with 38,023 of those now reported recovered. In total, 2,809 cases have ended in death. 

Currently, there are 1,103 active, lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, including 61 patients in the hospital. Of those, 18 patients are in intensive care units and 12 are on ventilators. 

Since last report, the province has confirmed 31,823 more coronavirus tests have been processed and another 30,512 are awaiting results. 

In Northern Ontario there are five known active cases.

The breakdown for the health units is:

  • Algoma Public Health - 27 cases, rate of 23.6 per 100,000 population. There are no known active cases.
  • North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit - 35 cases, rate of 27 per 100,000 population. The health unit has reported 37 cases. There are no known active cases.
  • Porcupine Health Unit - 73, rate of 87.5 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
  • Public Health Sudbury and Districts - 94 cases, rate of 47.2 per 100,000 population. There is one known active case.
  • Timiskaming Health Unit - 19 cases, rate of 58.1 per 100,000. There are no known active cases.
  • Northwestern Health Unit - 46 cases, rate of 52.5 per 100,000. The health unit has reported 47 cases. There are two known active cases.
  • Thunder Bay District Health Unit - 103 cases, rate of 68.7 per 100,000.There is one known active case.

The Ontario rate of infection per 100,000 population is 282.1.